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05 Feb 2016

CECOP welcomes GUE/NGL commitment to place Social and Solidarity Economy at the heart of t...

Press release

More than 200 people participated in the European Forum on Social and Solidarity Economy, “Transforming the economic and cultural paradigms”, held on 28 January...

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27 Jan 2016

96 years of cooperative university teaching in Romania

News

The name chosen by the ARTIFEX university in Rumania, which represents a response to the real social need for training for professional and managerial staff,...

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27 Jan 2016

18/03 : CECOP Board

Event

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28 Dec 2015

November/December issue of Work Together is out!

Publication

The November/December issue of the magazine ‪Work Together‬ sharing the latest news on cooperatives active in industry and services worldwide is out! Specifi...

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09 Dec 2015

Between local stakes and universal emergency: cooperatives are committed to the ecological...

News

During the Cop 21, conference on climate held in Paris during which UN members must sign a new international agreement against global warming, worker coopera...

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09 Dec 2015

Juan Antonio Pedreño, representative of the Spanish worker cooperative federation, elected...

Press release

Juan Antonio Pedreño, President of the Spanish worker cooperative confederation (COCETA) and of CEPES, the Spanish business confederation of social ec...

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08 Dec 2015

Council adopts conclusions on social economy: a historic commitment for the Member States

Press release

On Monday 7th of December, the European ministers in charge of employment and social affairs met to discuss the development of the social economy in the fram...

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14 Nov 2015

WORKING TOGETHER FOR A COOPERATIVE FUTURE, young cooperators worldwide share their story

Video

A video created in a collaborative manner that shares the experiences, challenges and motivations of young cooperators in 9 worker and social cooperatives fr...

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23 Oct 2015

Worker Cooperatives in the UK develop a Solidarity Fund to reinforce the movement

News

Cooperators united to strengthen the worker cooperative movement in the UK. A group of worker cooperatives have created a solidarity Fund to manage a common...

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28 Sep 2015

The young European cooperators network meets in Italy

News

On September 22nd and 23rd was held the second meeting of the Young European Cooperators network (YECN) in Italy, only 5 months after the first one hosted in...

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25 Sep 2015

Our new image and website launched today!

News

Today, CECOP has launched its new image and website. Our new, more modern and dynamic, logo alongside the slogan “Working Together”, embodying th...

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10 Aug 2015

Summer edition: last issue of Work Together is out now!

News

The summer edition of the E-magazine Work Together containing the latest news on cooperatives active in Industry and Services worldwide is available in Engli...

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29 Jul 2015

World Declaration on Worker Cooperatives

Press release

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28 Jul 2015

2012 International Year of Cooperatives

News

The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. It is a crucial opportunity for the cooperative movement to raise awareness of ou...

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15 Jul 2015

CICOPA statement at the International Labour Conference, 29 May 2014

Press release

On behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance, the Secretary General of CICOPA,Bruno Roelants is representing the cooperative movement at the Internati...

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15 Jul 2015

László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Event

Keynote speech of László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, at the Conference "Cooperatives and Wo...

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15 Jul 2015

SUSTAINABILITY. How cooperatives foster local environmental development

Video

This video is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

SUSTAINABILITY. The power of inter-cooperation

Video

This video mainly focus in how groups and consortia provide community services is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperative...

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15 Jul 2015

IDENTITY. How cooperatives reintegrate vulnerable groups into society

Video

This video is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

PARTICIPATION. How multistakeholder cooperatives forter quality services

Video

This video is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

Social Needs, Cooperative Answers. Introductory video

Video

The video "Social Needs, Cooperative Answers. How cooperatives provide community services across the world" paints a picture of the main global tre...

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15 Jul 2015

Turkish version of TOGETHER

Video

The documentary TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis can be fully watched now in Turkish. It was produced in 2012 by CECOP, the European...

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24 Feb 2015

Cooproute, building European heritage

News Project

Today Cooproute, the European Route of Cooperative Culture, has been presented in Brussels, the capital of the continent where the cooperative movement was b...

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29 Oct 2014

The interactive guide of the European route of cooperatives launched today

News

An approach based on passive touristic consumption and the unsustainable exploitation of many destinations has showed its limits and negative effects. As a c...

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13 Jun 2014

Discover a new site of the Cooproute every week!

News Project

Getting ready for summer destinations and planning to travel around Europe? Why not to visit a cooperative contributing to preserve and value the local indus...

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